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William Sydney Thruston

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William Sydney Thruston

Birth
Connecticut, USA
Death
14 Jun 1864
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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A son of Charles Mynn and Julianna Hughes Thruston, he was born in Connecticut during his father's service there in 1828. He was in service during the civil war, serving as Captain in the Regular Army 18th Infantry Regiment according to civil war records. His death was reported in the Weekly Civilian (Cumberland, Maryland) on 23 Jun 1864. He drowned when he fell from his boat on the night of the 14th in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and was buried on the 16th.

Courtesy of Kathy W. Johnson
A son of Charles Mynn and Julianna Hughes Thruston, he was born in Connecticut during his father's service there in 1828. He was in service during the civil war, serving as Captain in the Regular Army 18th Infantry Regiment according to civil war records. His death was reported in the Weekly Civilian (Cumberland, Maryland) on 23 Jun 1864. He drowned when he fell from his boat on the night of the 14th in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and was buried on the 16th.

Courtesy of Kathy W. Johnson

Gravesite Details

1898 Cumberland Times article lists him as a Civil War veteran.



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